Woman’s assault of footballer Khuda Myaba sparks calls for equal protection of male abuse victims

“Big up Khuda, you are wise. That woman wanted to get you in trouble,” commented Twasy Lameck on one of the Facebook pages where the video was shared. While many have commended Muyaba for keeping his composure, the incident has also triggered wider discussions about the response of human rights organisations and gender advocates when men become victims of abuse.

Comments posted across several Facebook pages indicate that some men feel cases involving male victims often receive little attention compared to incidents in which women are abused. “If the man had been the one who had beaten the woman like this, he would have already been wearing handcuffs. To be honest, we men have no real rights, we look like wild animals in the eyes of the law, no matter what.

I don’t know why. The men’s organisation is there just to circumcise us, not fight for our rights. It is as if the laws of the whole world were written only by women?” Swed said in a Facebook post, translated from Chichewa. Ihate those scuplars who called themselves human rights activists,Shame and Shame This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.Learn how your comment data is processed.